BANGKOK, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Former rocker Gary Glitter claimed he was having a heart attack while at the Bangkok airport and refused to board a flight to Britain, the BBC reports.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Former British rock star Gary Glitter has been released from a Vietnamese prison where he served time on a child sexual abuse conviction, his attorney says.

HANOI, Vietnam, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- British pop star and convicted child molester Gary Glitter is to be released from a Vietnamese prison this month, an official said.

HANOI, Vietnam, April 8 (UPI) -- British pop star Gary Glitter is trying to get a second reduction for his three-year child molestation jail sentence in Vietnam.

HANOI, Vietnam, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Glam rocker Gary Glitter received a three-month reduction in his three-year child molestation sentence in Vietnam.

HANOI, Vietnam, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter, jailed in Vietnam for sexually molesting two young girls, could be released soon, his lawyer said.

HO CHI MINH, Vietnam, June 15 (UPI) -- British rock star Gary Glitter has lost his appeal in Vietnam against his conviction for sexually abusing two 11-year-old girls.

VUNG TAU, Vietnam, March 16 (UPI) -- British glam rocker Gary Glitter is appealing his conviction and 3-year prison sentence for child sexual abuse in Vietnam, his attorney says.

VUNG TAU, Vietnam, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- British glam rocker Gary Glitter reportedly paid $2,000 each to the families of two Vietnamese girls to gain their cooperation in his child molestation case.